Attention all Tell Them members in Anderson, Cherokee, Pickens and Spartanburg.
We’re trying to get one last push to your State Senators before the end of the legislative session (Ends June 3rd) and we need your help. We want to remind them one more time that their constituents care about preventing unintended pregnancies and stopping the [...]
May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM). This annual campaign is “designed to help communities recognize that the effects of unintended teen pregnancy and early childbearing are far-reaching.”
Teens need proper education and instruction on the importance of reproductive health.
The Guttmacher Institute has provided these facts:
Each year, almost 750,000 women aged 15–19 become pregnant. Overall, [...]
I am the mother of a 17-year-old daughter, and I consider myself to be (at least reasonably) politically aware. You’d think those two facts would lead to some general knowledge of sexual health legislative issues—particularly those that directly, and profoundly, affect the young women of our state.
But I am here to tell you that to [...]
